the obama administration had an embarrassing problem, four dead americans including an ambassador. a lot of suggestions of negligence and lack of preparation. so they were very eager to pin the blame on something else, something else that would deflect blame away from them, which is why they put so much emphasis on the story about the video, this silly video that seems now quite clearly not to have been the cause of benghazi. that was washington covering its behind. and whether susan rice was a principal in the covering or not is unclear. but it was covering. one more thing to donna. susan rice's main qualification for this job is that back in 2008 when most of the democratic foreign policy establishment lined up with hillary clinton, she lined up with president obama. that's why she's got this job, not because she's one of the outstanding foreign policy figures in the united states. >> she worked in the clinton administration. she brings a lot to the table. she's an oxford graduate. she has foreign policy experience. >> that's true of dozens of people. >> let's go back to septembe